Sport

Our reputation for sport is one of the fastest growing in the country! We have strong links with both Derby County Football Club and Derbyshire County Cricket Club. A string of Olympians have worn the orange and blue of Team Derby and many of our teams play at our £10.8 million sports centre.

We are currently at our highest ever position in BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) having moved up 57 places since we launched Team Derby in 2009. Our football club play at our long time partners Derby County's Training Ground while our Cricket team use the 3aaa County Ground for their training needs.

Our Performance Track Cycling team use the Derby Arena Velodrome while our other performance teams (Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Badminton) are based in our sports centre at the Derby Campus in Kedleston Road. In order to further our ambitions to become a Top 40 Sporting institution we created another level of Development Sport. These five teams have ambitions for becoming Performance Team standard and we are committed to helping them achieve this goal.

Study, play and compete

We offer a wide range of sports courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level across our Derby and Buxton campuses, covering disciplines including sports science, coaching, exercise, development and management.

Our Union of Students is the focal point for the delivery of sport at the University and provide students with the chance to join teams and compete against other universities. Together with Team Derby, we offer a wealth of sport, health and fitness opportunities for everyone looking to get active or try something new, whatever their level of fitness or ability.

We enter 48 teams across 16 sports in the national BUCS programme, providing our students with the opportunity to represent Derby against other universities in a competitive environment.

Scholarships and bursaries

Team Derby provides scholarships and bursaries to talented student athletes and those with coaching aspirations, enabling them to achieve both their sporting and academic potential.

A performance sport programme has also been established to support our leading sports teams – Men’s Basketball, Badminton, Cycling and Volleyball, our Performance Sports are provided with specialist coaching, strength and conditioning, and physiotherapy support.

Performance sport

We run a sector-leading performance programme for Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball and Cycling to attract and retain student athletes.

Health and fitness at Derby

Our health, wellbeing and sports activities are available to all University of Derby students and staff members throughout the year and provide a range of opportunities to be active in a friendly, social environment.

Team Derby's 6-a-side Football Leagues returns in February for another term of action. Our friendly, weekly league competition in mixed-gender 6-a-side Football runs between October and April every year. Register now for the spring term 2019 competition.

When: Fridays 3pm to 6pm

Where: University of Derby Sports Centre 3G Astroturf Pitch

Cost: £120 per team/per term

Format

Our leagues are 6 a-side

Teams require a minimum of 6 players (max of 10 players) per team with a named Captain, and an original team name

Competition structure is either one league of 9-12 teams or two leagues of 5-8 teams

The league will run over a 10-week block

Term 1 (autumn leagues) start at the beginning of October and Term 2 (spring leagues) in February

Matches are 40 minutes long (2 x 18 minutes with a 4-minute interval)

Kick-off times: 3pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm and 5.15pm

How to get involved

Get together your team of 6-10 players, nominate a team captain and choose your team name

Register and pay your team entry fee via the Online Shop to secure your place

The deadline for team registrations for the spring league is Sunday 3 February (allocations are on a first come, first served basis)

If you'd like more information, come and talk to us at the Sports Centre or email k.nelson@derby.ac.uk.

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Services and expertise

We offer a wide range of education, research and consultancy services for the sports industry, utilising our academic expertise and student body to grow and develop sport both regionally and nationally.